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Alexander Mack

TAPS

Fading light dims the sight,
And a star gems the sky,
Gleaming bright.
From afar drawing nigh,
Falls the night.

Day is done, gone the sun,
From the lake, From the hills,
From the sky.
All is well, safely rest,
God is nigh.

Then good night, Peaceful night,
Till the light of the dawn
Shineth bright,
God is near, do not fear,
Friend, good night.

St. Patrick's Cemetery

Born:May 17, 1834 at Rotterdam, Holland

Entered
Service in the US Navy from New York, NY

Earned The Medal of Honor During the Civil War For heroism
August 05, 1864 at Mobile Bay, Fort Morgan,
AL

Died:September
25, 1907 at the age of 73

On August 5,
Union Admiral David Farragut's Union fleet of eighteen ships
entered Mobile Bay, Alabama, and received a devastating fire
from Forts Gaines and Morgan and other points. Admiral
Farragut's wooden ships fought valiantly under this devastating
fire as well as shells from the rebel gunboats and the ironclad
ram Tennessee. After passing the forts, Farragut forced the
Confederate naval forces under Admiral Franklin Buchanan, to
surrender, along with the prized ram Tennessee. Fort Morgan was
destroyed and this action effectively closed Mobile Bay as a
Confederate port, making the action one of the greatest Naval
victories of the war. Ninety sailors and eight Marines were
awarded Medals of Honor in this battle, the most for any single
day in the award's history. Twenty-three crewmen of the U.S.S.
Brooklyn were numbered among these heroes, including Captain of
the Top Alexander Mack. Although wounded and sent below for
treatment, Captain of the Top Mack immediately returned to his
post and took charge of his gun and, as heavy enemy return fire
continued to fall, performed his duties with skill and courage
until he was again wounded and totally disabled.